Barcelona beat Atlético (1-0) and recover on time – Spain’s News

He Barcelona something more was at stake than the three points in his face to face with the Athletic. They came from two consecutive draws and a long scoring drought and received the most fit team in the championship, 13 games without losing, and which could also rejoin the championship. Another puncture from the Catalans was to send an SOS, a message to real Madrid so that he thought that a comeback was possible. It still is because there are still 24 points at stake and the advantage is eleven, but this victory is a reinforcement for the leader in every way.

And it was with another 1-0, the result of the season, because he has repeated it up to ten times in the League, although the match could well have reflected a score with many more goals. To begin with, due to the shot against the crossbar griezmann practically in the first action of the match, taking advantage of an indecision by Busquets. The Frenchman finished off over Ter Stegen, but the ball crashed into the wood. Overcome that scare, Barça took control of the ball in the first half, but not the game, which was even. Atlético defended well and managed to get out and the Catalans sought to find the gap that their rival denied them. He got it Lewandowski on a couple of occasions, but outside the zone, with a turn in the first and with a heel in another, which Ferran Torres was unable to resolve, somewhat slow in thought and execution. Cholo’s team has definitely recovered its essence and is running hard. He is supportive from the first defender to the striker. If Griezmann, the star, is one more worker, how can they not push the rest. The French signed a great meeting without reward in the field in which he failed to succeed. It seemed that the first part was going to “die” goalless and in one of the last plays came Ferran’s goal. Ran raphinha to a long ball and Beautiful He made the mistake of wasting more time calling for offside than watching his rival. The winger was in a legal position, he turned, passed to Ferran, who finished off very placed close to the post and the ball delicately touched the net. The key was also Lewandowski’s previous unchecking, which made a defense that backed down and left space doubt.

The goal was gold for Barcelona, ​​who started the second half more dominating with the ball, like in the old days, until they found themselves involved in the madness that Atlético proposed to them. There was no truce in a final half hour in which anything could happen. The duel was opened and the occasions followed one another on both sides of the field. Yeah Paul’s, who took a good beating, regretted a shot that went wide, and Griezmann a heel shot that Ter Stegen stopped him; on the other side he couldn’t get his foot right Gavi on a couple of occasions neither Raphinha after a cross from Lewandowski that was powerful and that he could not control. The Brazilian put in a fantastic game, always being a threat to Mario Hermoso and very self-sacrificing when he returned to his own half when they lost the ball.

They were already on the lawn moratato provide more physical fight against an extraordinary Araujo; and reappeared Pedro. Also Dejong, who played from the beginning and boy did his team notice him because of the dynamism that the Dutchman brought, because of the changes of pace, because of what he helps in getting the ball out and the deployment he has all over the field. The match got heated and referee Sánchez Martínez began to issue yellow cards so that nothing got out of hand. Atlético continued to be a threat, which ended up asking for a penalty for a handball from Busquets, and the opportunity that Barcelona missed when Lewandowski faced Oblak with spaces and had a multitude of options: dribble and finish off because he was in the race or, above all, give the goal to Raphinha, who entered alone. He chose to shoot directly and he did it wrong, out.

That meant that his team had to endure a little more suffering, but this Barcelona has stayed on its feet several times with a short result in this League. He did it again and took a huge step to win a championship that only they can lose.

1-Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Marcos Alonso (Eric García, min.61), Balde; Busquets, De Jong (Kessié, min.78), Gavi; Raphinha (Ansu Fati, min.91), Lewandowski and Ferran (Pedri, min.61).

0-Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Savic, Giménez, Hermoso (Reguilón, min.79), Carrasco; De Paul, Witsel (Barrios, min.60), Lemar (Saúl, min.67); Correa (Morata, min.60) and Griezmann.

The goal: 1-0 (min.44): Ferran Torres.

Referee: Sánchez Martínez (C. Murciano). He admonished Marcos Alonso (min.28), Busquets (min.57), Raphinha (min.78) and Gavi (min.90) for Barça. And Griezmann (min.75), Savic (min.80), Giménez (min.81), Barrios (min.83), Reguilón (min.84), Morata (min.87) and Saúl (min.94) in Athletic.

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